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PBS News Hour

Rise in U.S. life expectancy is ‘good news,’ but gains aren’t enough to wipe out COVID losses

November 29, 2023
Life expectancy in the United States rose in 2022, the first increase since the COVID pandemic began, according to new federal data. But those gains were not enough to compensate for the years of life lost to the virus, which remains one of the nation’s top causes of death.
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Scientific American

Your Health, Quickly Podcast: Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling

November 29, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo was interviewed on Scientific American's Your Health, Quickly podcast on declining childhood vaccination rates.
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Exemplars News

Dr. Wilmot James: from fighting apartheid to preparing for the next pandemic

November 28, 2023
A discussion with Dr. Wilmot James, Senior Advisor to the Pandemic Center
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Brown School of Public Health / Health Affairs

50 papers published, 119 interventions tested, but little consensus: Information Futures Lab study identifies urgent need for improved research on how to respond to misleading health information

November 15, 2023
“Misinformation research is a young field, so diverse approaches are good and important,” says Claire Wardle, co-director of the Information Futures Lab, professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, and a co-author of the study. “What’s also clear is that this field emerged after concerns about the role of misinformation in elections, so many of the key researchers come from political science. As we have seen misinformation impact a number of different topics and issues, it is time researchers from different disciplines investigating misinformation come together to connect the dots.”
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Brown School of Public Health

“Our Storied Health” Examines Public Health Communications, Anti-Vax Movement

November 9, 2023
The Pandemic Center kicks off Brown Arts IGNITE film and media series with pre-release screening of Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s “Shot in the Arm,” followed by panel discussion.
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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?

November 3, 2023
This article was authored by Pandemic Center Director Jennifer B. Nuzzo and Jorge R. Ledesma and was published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (Volume 37, Number 4—Fall 2023—Pages 3–22).
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Prevention Magazine

Public Health Is Having a Crisis, Especially When It Comes to Vaccines

October 31, 2023
Excerpt: ...living with uncertainty is scary. “We can blame the people who are pushing misinformation, but we can’t take away the fact that a lot of this is caused by the absence of answers,” says [Claire] Wardle. “We might not have all the science, but by saying nothing we create vacuums that get filled by conspiracy theories.”

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Brown Daily Herald

Documentary on vaccine hesitancy to kick off new public health initiative

October 29, 2023
Excerpt: The School of Public Health’s Pandemic Center will host a screening of the new documentary “Shot in the Arm” Monday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy and executive produced by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the film explores the history of vaccine hesitancy and its relevance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News from the Pandemic Center

Pandemic Center Launches Groundbreaking Media Program with Brown Arts Institute

October 25, 2023
"Our Storied Health Film and Media Series" opens with a screening of 'Shot in the Arm,' a film that explores vaccine hesitancy in COVID-19 and more.
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News from the Pandemic Center

Press Release: New Testing Playbook Provides Guide to Action for Biological Emergencies

October 19, 2023
New Testing Playbook provides guide to action to speed equitable access to testing to stop disease spread and save lives
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Inverse

When Should You Get Your Fall Covid-19, Flu, and RSV Vaccines? The Science of Timing it Just Right

September 27, 2023
Excerpt: The priority, however, is to get vaccinated before sickness starts spreading. Jennifer Nuzzo, epidemiology professor and director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, previously told Inverse that the best time to get inoculated is, essentially, before you’re infected. Of course, when flu, Covid-19, and RSV cases rise in later autumn, you’re much more likely to contract at least one of them.
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The Wall Street Journal

He’s Been Naming Covid Variants. Not Everyone’s Happy.

September 18, 2023
Excerpt: Naming Omicron subvariants after creatures or asteroids can make them sound more unique or threatening than they are, said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health.

“People think this variant is something we’ve never seen before that we’re not going to have immunity against,” she said. “And that’s not at all true.”
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Washington Post

Covid is here to stay. How will we know when it stops being special?

September 13, 2023
Excerpt: Covid was exceptional in 2020 when it was a new and deadly illness that tore into an unprepared human population. In 2023, widespread immunity — alongside tools such as masks, testing, treatments, updated boosters and improved ventilation — can empower people to protect themselves and others while resuming most normal activities.

“I’m less worried than I was last year, and I was less worried last year than I was the year before,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University School of Public Health. “But I’m aware, and I’m looking and trying to make sure nothing changes.”
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Inverse

Should I Get the New Covid Booster? 6 Important Questions Answered

September 12, 2023
Excerpt: This updated formula most closely targets the Omicron variant XBB.1.5, but Jennifer Nuzzo, epidemiology professor and director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, tells Inverse that it should also protect people against other strains such as EG.5.
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Science

U.S. cancels program aimed at identifying potential pandemic viruses

September 8, 2023
Excerpt: Epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, who heads the Brown University Pandemic Center, saw value in DEEP VZN but said it likely was going to trigger a “land mine of hearings” in Congress. She also questioned why it was housed at USAID in the first place. “It seems like the wrong vehicle for this kind of work,” Nuzzo says. “If anything, you’d want to do it through a science agency that goes through an external peer-review process to make sure that the projects being proposed are the most rigorous and most likely to net scientific benefit. And that just seems like a weird line of work for a development agency.”
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USA TODAY

Long COVID: What is it and why is it still a mystery? 5 Things podcast

September 8, 2023
On this special episode of the 5 Things podcast: In the beginning, people suffering from what is now called long COVID were forced into the shadows. Their symptoms - debilitating tiredness, lung issues and non-specific pain - didn’t seem to fit together. Over 3 years into the pandemic, the medical community is still grappling with the question of treatment. Why has it remained such a mystery? Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, Director of the Long COVID Initiative and Chair of the department of epidemiology [and Pandemic Center affiliate faculty member] at Brown University, joins 5 Things to explain.
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National Institutes of Health

Tackling Misinformation: A Three-Pronged Approach by Claire Wardle, Ph.D.

September 6, 2023
There has been a great deal of focus on misinformation over the past few years. The concern is warranted, as we have been seeing more evidence(link is external) that false and misleading information is leading to poor health outcomes. Examples include following harmful advice online after a cancer diagnosis, lower rates for routine immunizations(link is external), and the use of untested beauty treatments.
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Scientific American

When Will the Next COVID Vaccine Be Available, and Who Should Get It?

September 1, 2023
...Experts that Scientific American spoke with agree that those who would benefit most from the fall COVID booster are people age 65 and above, as well as those who are chronically ill, immunocompromised or pregnant. “I always worry about the people for whom boosters would provide the greatest benefit, and that's people who are at high risk for severe illness. So people 65 and older and also people with underlying health conditions,” says Jennifer Nuzzo, a professor of epidemiology and director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University of Public Health.
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Verywell Health

These Are the COVID Symptoms You Should Know This Fall

August 23, 2023
"Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, told Verywell you shouldn’t put COVID-19 out of your mind just yet, if ever. The virus is here to stay for the foreseeable future, but fortunately, there are tools available to keep you safe: namely, vaccines, medication, and testing.

'I would say that while we’re seeing an increase in infections, we are still nowhere near where we were last year, thankfully,' Nuzzo said."
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ABC News

Most should wait for updated COVID booster shot to maximize protection: Experts

August 22, 2023
Excerpt: "Reasonably at this point, if you're not high risk and do not have high exposures, waiting a few weeks to get the updated shot should be okay," Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the pandemic center at Brown University School of Public Health, told ABC news.

There may be specific situations where you may want to play it safe, however, and get a booster shot now.

"If you think you're going to have considerable exposures, between then and now, some boosting is better," Nuzzo said. "The best time to get vaccinated is before you get infected."
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Washington Post

Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows

August 21, 2023
Excerpt - Francesca Beaudoin, an emergency room physician and clinical epidemiologist who directs Brown University’s long-covid initiative, said the findings “capture what we are hearing at the narrative level from patients — that … the systems [affected after recovery from covid’s acute phase] are varied, that it results in loss of quality of life, loss of work and school.” Beaudoin said patients send her updates, reporting they still cannot walk one block without becoming worn out.
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Politico

"Former GAVI CEO Joins Brown’s Pandemic Center" - Politico Pulse

August 18, 2023
"Seth Berkley, who led Gavi, the vaccine alliance, for 12 years, will join Brown University Pandemic Center as a senior adviser starting Sept 1. Berkley will also serve as adjunct faculty in the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, Carmen reports."
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News from the Pandemic Center

World-renowned global health expert Dr. Seth Berkley to join Brown University Pandemic Center as Senior Advisor

August 17, 2023
Global health leader will bring invaluable experience to Brown’s newly created Pandemic Center.
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The Boston Globe

With COVID on the rise again, here’s a guide to staying safe in 2023

August 17, 2023
But Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health, said if waste water data is showing infections going up in your area, and especially if you are considered high risk for complications from a COVID infection, she would advise someone who is at least six months past their last booster to get one now.

“That’s a tricky dance because we don’t know when the new shots are going to come available,” Nuzzo said. “I tend to be more, a bird-in-the-hand approach. The best time to get a vaccine is before you get infected.”
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The Guardian

New Covid variant Eris is reminder to monitor virus data, US experts say

August 14, 2023
“As this virus continues to circulate, the potential for mutations to occur remains, and so we will see new genetic variants,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.
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Politico

Congress’ Covid woes are straining relationships

August 7, 2023
Things are tense on Congress’ sole committee dedicated to investigating the government response to Covid-19. Jennifer Nuzzo, Director of the Brown Pandemic Center, says that leaving the work to a partisan committee of lawmakers is dangerous for both public health and geopolitics.
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Washington Post

All It Takes to Avert a Tripledemic Is a Simple Message

August 6, 2023
Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article.
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NPR

The CDC sees signs of a late summer COVID wave

July 28, 2023
Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article.
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News from the Pandemic Center

Dr. Wilmot James named as Chair of Wellcome Trust’s Climate Impacts Advisory Committee

July 26, 2023
The Committee considers applications for awards for projects that drive change in climate policy and practice.
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News from the Pandemic Center

Pandemic Preparedness Matters: Interview with Jorge Ledesma

July 20, 2023
The Pandemic Center sat down with Mr. Ledesma to dive into the results of his recent paper on pandemic preparedness, its impact on mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it can tell decision makers.
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Nuclear Threat Initiative

New Study Shows Robust Pandemic Preparedness Strongly Linked to Lower COVID-19 Mortality Rates

July 6, 2023
The vast majority of countries that entered the COVID-19 pandemic with strong capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats achieved lower pandemic mortality rates than less prepared nations, according to a major new study published today in BMJ Global Health. The analysis was led by researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health's Pandemic Center, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
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The Atlantic

How to Lose a Century of Progress

June 30, 2023
Commentary piece by Pandemic Center Affiliate Dr. Craig Spencer.
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Slate

Is Long COVID Linked to Mental Illness?

June 26, 2023
This article includes commentary from Francesca Beaudoin, Director of the Long COVID Initiative at the Brown University School of Public Health and Pandemic Center affiliate.
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News from the Pandemic Center

Mpox Response and Lessons Learned: Interview with Dr. Philip Chan

June 12, 2023
To mark the anniversary of the onset of the 2022 outbreak, the Pandemic Center sat down with Dr. Philip Chan, MD, MS, to discuss the public health response, what we learned, and how we can better prepare for future emergencies.
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Yahoo! News

When should you come out of Covid isolation? Experts weigh in.

June 12, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo provides commentary in this article.
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Politico

Top Biden Covid official Jha set to depart June 15

June 8, 2023
Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo provided commentary for this article.
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Business Day

Seizure of Khartoum’s laboratory triggers upscaling of biosecurity

June 8, 2023
Center Senior Advisor Wilmot James and Brown University School of Public Health's Andrew Iliff wrote this opinion piece on the Khartoum laboratory seizure and the biosecurity and biosafety lessons we can learn from it.
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Continuum

Forum: Preparing for the Next Public Health Catastrophe

June 5, 2023
Faculty experts from Brown’s Pandemic Center, Jennifer Nuzzo, Beth Cameron, and Wilmot James, discussed efforts to prepare for the next infectious disease emergency at the School of Public Health’s 2023 Commencement Forum.
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Popular Science

What are the deadliest viruses in history?

May 30, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article
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The Atlantic

What the Pandemic Simulations Missed

May 30, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article.
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The Washington Post

For covid long-haulers, the pandemic is far from over

May 29, 2023
Pandemic Center Affiliate Dr. Francesca Beaudoin is quoted in this article.
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Harvard Public Health

At a precipice, the CDC tries to pivot

May 19, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article.
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News24

Need for SA to establish vaccine manufacturing ecosystem for African continent - study

May 18, 2023
This article is about a study led by Wilmot James.
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PBS NewsHour

Public health questions remain as COVID emergency ends

May 12, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo was a guest on this episode of PBS NewsHour.
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Science

Benchtop DNA printers are coming soon—and biosecurity experts are worried

May 11, 2023
Pandemic Center Senior Advisor Beth Cameron is quoted in this article.
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WBUR

What the end of the COVID public health emergency means in Massachusetts

May 10, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo was interviewed for this article.
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KQED Forum

What Did We Get Right With the Pandemic?

May 10, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo was the guest on this episode of the KQED Forum radio show.
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Government Executive

The CDC Director is Leaving, the Pandemic is Ending and It's High Time for Reforms, Experts Say

May 8, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted in this article.
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Nature

WHO declares end to COVID-19’s emergency phase

May 5, 2023
Jennifer Nuzzo provided commentary for this article.
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The Atlantic

Will COVID’s Spring Lull Last?

May 1, 2023
Pandemic Center Affiliate Dr. Alyssa Bilinski provided commentary for this article.
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